The Globe. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 341, 16 July 1875, Page 2

The Globe. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency ,) Auckland, July 15. The Superintendent has applied to the Supreme Court for an injunction against _Mr James Mackay, G. O. Halloran, John Guilding, and the former native owners of the Tairua block, restraining them from obtaining a grant from the General Government of 1000 acres of land at Tairua under the deed sale to the Government. The natives had a right to select within six months a reserve of 1000 acres. This selection was not made within the prescribed time. But information being received by the Superintendent that it was the intention to apply under that clause for the only piece of flat land suitable for a township within the goldfields boundaries, in furtherance of an arrangement between land speculators and the natives, the injunction was applied for to prevent such a grant being made. H.M. Dido, which left here for Wellington via Tauranga on the 3rd, has not since been heard of. She did not call at Tauranga. Wellington, July 15.

A statement that the Phoebe returns to Dunedin owing to a charter from the Goverment is incorrect. It is a private arrangement of the Company. The Hawea and Phoebe will both be available for members of Assembly. Gbeymouth, July 15.

No other signs of wreckage have been discovered. The bow of the Tararua’s boat was much damaged as though forcibly torn from the davits. Much anxiety is felt here, Dunedin, July 15. The argument re the attachment of Messrs Reid, Bastings, and Clark, members of the Waste Lands Board, for contempt of an injunction of the Supreme Court has been adjourned till Saturday. The walking match between Scott and Edwards has fallen through. Mrs Bates took her benefit last night. The piece selected being “Psychoscope.” All three papers condemn the piece as immoral. The house was crowded, and to-night it is expected to be equally as full owing to the notices in the papers, THIS DAY’S TELEGRAMS. Auckland, July 16. The report that the Government had entered into a contract with the British Admiralty for the sale of the Northern forests to supply the Admiralty with timber is incorrect; but Mr Thomas Russell has taken a contract privately with the Admiralty to supply two and a half million feet of spars and bulk timber yearly, and has sublet the contract to Mr Dargaville, owner of large bushes in Kaipara, Wellington, July 16. Arrived—Ladybird, from Lyttelton. Hokitika, July 16, The steamer Alhambra, from Melbourne, has arrived in the roadstead. Port Chalmers, July 16. Mr Macandrew addressed a meeting last night, at which over 300 were present. He was enthusiastically received. He spoke at considerable length, touching on the followsubjects :—lmmigration and public works,, education, the licensing system, the Forest Bills, the Otago Harbour Board, and other matters of local importance. In referring to the coming session, he said:—“Gentlemen— The great weakness of the colonial Parliament for some years past has been the want of an organised opposition. I do not know if it is saying too much that under representative institutions there can be no good Government for any length of time without an Opposition. A healthy repre.entative Government must needs be a Government of

party ; as lias been well said, party is the price we pay for liberty. Whether or not there will be effective opposition next session I cannot tell. It is said Sir G. Grey has been corresponding with certain members — myself among others —with this view. All I can say is, there is no truth in the allegation in so far as I am concerned, and that it depends altogether on the policy of the present 'Government whether I shall be in the cold shade of opposition or not. Certainly, should the Government insist upon pressing forward the proposed Constitutional changes without an appeal to the people, I shall be found in the Opposition lobby on every question which affects the existence of the Ministry." Alter stating the necessity which existed for a simple and inexpensive federation, to take charge of some matters which could be better dealt with unitedly than singly, he continued, “ Gentlemen, if the people in the North Island desire to have all their affairs managed at Wellington, let it be so, provided they will agree to dissolve the partnership and let us in the Middle island manage our own affairs wherever we may see fit. [Applause.] We still have in this province a large annual revenue coming in from our waste lands and railways—a revenue which if properly managed will be sufficient to cover the whole expense of Government, and save us from taxation.” Having replied to several questions put by electors in a satisfactory manner, the proceedings terminated with a vote of confidence carried by acclamation.

[FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT. ] Auckland, July 15.

A touching instance of conjugal love and affection occurred at Parekarangi last week. The Chief of Rotorua, PerteraTePukuatu, has been visiting some distant relations on the West Coast for the last two years, and fell in love with a lady of that part of the country, and without consulting his better-half, added her to his domestic establishment. On the arrival of the Chief and company at Parekarangi, within a few miles of their old home, Ani, his first wife, was seen to leave the house in the direction of the forest. Shortly afterwards piercing shrieks thrilled through the village and brought everyone to the scene. Poor Ani, overwhelmed with grief and shame at the approaching meeting with her old friends as the second and perhaps despised companion of her Chief, literally ‘ran up’ a tree, and in the hope of ending her sorrows with her life, threw herself from the highest branch. She was taken up insensible and bleeding, but alive, and carried on a litter, and brought to Ohinemuri by a body of the Peteras tribe. She is expected to recover from the injuries received. Inglight Daalson, a Norwegian immigrant, was sent to gaol for eight months to-day for hammering his wife’s head with a stone. The prosecutrix deposed that she departed from her husband in Norway and came out to New Zealand. He followed her, and on the occasion complained of he caught her by her hair, and struck her three times on the head with a stone till she was insensible. Whales are reported very plentiful off the Northern Coast. Expeditions have been sent out from the Bay of Islands to capture them but they have been unsuccessful.